The starry treasure from the blue profound

She longed to ravish;—shall she plunge, or climb

The humid precipice, and seize the guest

Of April, smiling high in upper air?

Desperate alternative! what fiend could dare

To prompt the thought?—Upon the steep rock's breast

The lonely Primrose yet renews its bloom,

Untouched memento of her hapless doom!


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